A huge cannabis factory worth £500k, which was hidden in a disused pub in Willenhall, has been raided after it was rumbled by drones. Continue reading
Category Archives: Law Enforcement
Dubai Police Manned Drone Crashes During Exhibition
A manned eVTOL from the Dubai Police crashed a few days ago during a live display. The video has been uploaded by the manufacturer Hoversurf, to show that the security measures were effective. Continue reading
Police Helicopter Collides with Police Drone in Canada
There was likely a lively debrief after a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) AS350 B3 helicopter and an RCMP SkyRanger R60 surveillance drone collided while on a joint mission over a rural area of British Columbia. Continue reading
US Customs and Border Protection Flew Predator Over Minneapolis
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on May 29 flew a Predator over Minneapolis as protesters demonstrated against police brutality, according to publicly available flight data. Continue reading
Airobotics Gets Approval to Fly Automated Commercial Drones Over Singapore
Automated industrial drones startup, Airobotics, receives the world’s first approval to fly over a major metropolis and flies above Singapore. Continue reading
Estonia Monitors Latvian Border with Threod Systems Stream C UAV
The 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Defense Forces supported the Police and Border Guard Board by monitoring Estonia’s southern border with a Stream C unmanned aircraft system (UAS), produced by Threod Systems to enable the detection of illegal border crossing attempts. Continue reading
Israel to Lease IAI Heron to Greece for Border Defence
Defence relations between the State of Israel and Greece have been strengthened: Defence Ministry Director General, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Udi Adam and General Director for Defence Investments and Armament – Lieutenant General (Ret.) Theodoros Lagios (HAF), have signed the first agreement between their respective ministries to lease the Israeli Heron system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Continue reading
Drones in Beijing Track Cars in Coronavirus Control
Apparently cars driving into Beijing have to scan a QR code hanging from a drone before entering the city. Continue reading